Banyunibo
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| Banyunibo ꦧꦚꦸꦤꦶꦧ | |
|---|---|
Sailendra or Mataram Kingdom |
Banyunibo (
Yogyakarta. Further north is the Prambanan
temple, and to the south are the Gunung Sewu Hills, an extension of Gunung Kidul Hills.
Architecture
Banyunibo has a curved rooftop design crowned with a solitary stupa; this theme is unique among the surviving Buddhist temples of
padma petals or meant to mimic the organic roof made from ijuk fibres (black fibres surrounding the trunk of Arenga pinnata) common in ancient Java vernacular architecture and also found today in Balinese temple roof architecture. The main structure was originally surrounded by stupas at ground level, the foundations of which can still be seen today. The stupas' foundations are arranged in a row of three stupas on the south side of the temple, and three stupas on the east side. The northern side probably also contains the base of three stupas, however, it is still buried under a meter thick of earth. The main temple is facing west.[2]
The stairs and the portal of the temple are adorned with typical
Vaisravana
. The inner wall also adorned with a bald male figure underneath an umbrella being upheld by servants, suggests that it may represent one of the temple's patrons.
The collapsed ruins of Banyunibo were discovered in November 1940. Research continued until 1942 and succeeded in reconstructing the roof and the portal section of the temple. The reconstruction was halted due to World War II and the Indonesian National Revolution. In 1962 the restoration of the sub-basement, foot, and wall section of the temple, as well as the north wall, was finished. The reconstruction of the Banyunibo temple was completed in 1978.
Gallery
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The main temple -
The main temple -
Perwara temple
Location
See also
- Borobudur
- Buddhism in Indonesia
- Candi of Indonesia
- Candi Mendut
- Candi Pawon
- Indonesian Esoteric Buddhism
- Prambanan Plain
References
- ^ Indonesia, Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia / National Library of. "Candi Banyuniba (Yogyakarta) - Kepustakaan Candi". candi.perpusnas.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-11-09.
- ^ Ancient Mataram